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==Technical==
==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO]] 67320 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House). This tape survived the years in [[BBC Transcription Services|TS]] and was used to create the version included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums|Compendium Vol 1]].
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO]] 68149 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House). This tape survived at [[BBC Transcription Services|TS]] until the 1970 purge where it was wiped. A future-seeing BBC TS engineer unofficially created a 7½ ips copy before the original TLO tape was wiped. In 1986 this unoffical copy was discovered in a cupboard in TS and was used to create the version included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums|Compendium Vol 1]].


== Story ==
== Story ==
When driver Fred Krint and [[w:Bus_conductor#Britain_and_Ireland|clippy]] Hilary Boot drove the Last [[w:Tram|Tram]] from [[w:Clapham|Clapham]] to [[w:Highgate|Highgate]] for the ceremonial closing of [[w:Kingsway tramway subway|Kingsway Subway]], Ned Seagoon of the Redundant Transport Department thought that all his troubles were over. But a mysterious 'phone call put him on the track of a tramcar still at large — somewhere between Clapham and Highgate! How did driver [[Henry Crun]] and clippy [[Minnie Bannister]] eventually prove that they should have had the honour of driving the Last Tram? And what happened when excavations wer being made in a new block of [[w:Apartment|flat]]s in Kingsway? And how did [[Major Bloodnok]] suddenly become the [[w:List of mayors of Westminster|Mayor of Westminster]]? And what mysteries lie behind the barracaded Kingsway subway?
 


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Revision as of 17:37, 24 August 2022

"Dishonoured"
The Goon Show episode
Episode no.Series 05
Episode 12
Written by
Presented byWallace Greenslade
Produced byPeter Eton
Music
  • Orchestra: Wally Stott
  • Geldray: A Sky-Blue Shirt and a Rainbow Tie
  • Ellington: Pam-Poo-Dey
Production codeTLO 68149
Original air date12 December 1954 (1954-12-12)
Running time30 mins 40 secs
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Dishonoured (or The Fall of Neddie Seagoon) is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the twelfth show in series 5. It was recorded on Sunday 12 December 1954 at 9.30pm. It was recorded at The Camden Theatre, London.

The first Home Service broadcast was on Tuesday 14 December 1954 at 8.30pm. It attracted a peak listenership of 3.0m listeners.

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 68149 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House). This tape survived at TS until the 1970 purge where it was wiped. A future-seeing BBC TS engineer unofficially created a 7½ ips copy before the original TLO tape was wiped. In 1986 this unoffical copy was discovered in a cupboard in TS and was used to create the version included on Compendium Vol 1.

Story